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High School Musical Books in Order

High School Musical contains 11 books, published between 1970 and 2021. The first book is Disney High School Musical Trivia/Quiz Book: Expert Edition (1970) and the newest is High School Musical: The Musical (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1970–2021
Pages on record
899 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
15–22 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 899 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable High School Musical checklist

High School Musical is a tie-in book line built on the Disney film, running to 11 catalogued titles. Walt Disney is the credit on 5 of them and Peter Barsocchini on 2, with Kieran Viola, Melissa De La Cruz, Kieran Scott, N.B. Grace, Marc Blackwell and Suzanne Harper on one each. The 2000s are the heaviest decade, with East High Yearbook (2007), High School Musical 3 (2008), Take a Bow (2009) and Curtain's Up (2009) in the listing, and the newest entry is High School Musical: The Musical (2021). High school students, schools, friendship and musicals fill the subject records, and the median book runs 106 pages.

How many High School Musical books are there?

High School Musical has 11 books, released between 1970 and 2021.

High School Musical Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 High School Musical books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of High School Musical: The Musical by Melissa De La Cruz, book 1 of the High School Musical series (2021)
  2. Cover of East High Yearbook (As: Emma Harrison) by Kieran Scott, book 2 of the High School Musical series (2007)
  3. Cover of High School Musical, book 3 of the High School Musical series (2008)
  4. Cover of Disney High School Musical Lasting Impressions by Suzanne Harper, book 4 of the High School Musical series (2008)
  5. Cover of High School Musical 3 by Sarah Nathan, book 5 of the High School Musical series (2008)
  6. Cover of Disney High School Musical Say What? A Wildcats Fill-In Story by Walt Disney (2008)
  7. Cover of Take a Bow, book 7 of the High School Musical series (2009)
  1. 1
    Disney High School Musical Trivia/Quiz Book: Expert Edition1970 · confirmed 2/4
    1970–
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  2. 1
    High School Musical: The Musical2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 2
    East High Yearbook (As: Emma Harrison)2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 3
    High School Musical2008 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200896
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 4
    Disney High School Musical Lasting Impressions2008 · 106 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008106
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 5
    High School Musical 32008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  7. 6
    Disney High School Musical Say What? A Wildcats Fill-In Story2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 7
    Take a Bow2009 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200932
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  9. 8
    Curtain's Up2009 · 25 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200925
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  10. 9
    High School Musical The Musical2020 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020192
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 10
    In the Spotlight2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020128
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Where to start with High School Musical

Start with Disney High School Musical Trivia/Quiz Book: Expert Edition (1970), the earliest published title.

What is the newest High School Musical book?

High School Musical: The Musical (2021) is the newest High School Musical book released so far.

Is there a new High School Musical book coming?

No next High School Musical book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

High School Musical at a glance

Paused
No new High School Musical title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
High School Musical books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
899 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 106 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most High School Musical books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 5 are credited to Walt Disney, 2 to Peter Barsocchini, 1 to Kieran Viola and 1 to Kieran Scott. A further 8 writers are credited.

What the High School Musical books are about

9 of the 11 High School Musical books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.